Laundry Worker

About the role

The Laundry Worker position is located within the Environmental Management Service's Uniforms and Patient Clothing Section at the Lyons Campus of the VA New Jersey Health Care System. This position is under the direct supervision of the Laundry Worker Leader or the Assistant General Foreman/General Foreman and performs one or a combination of housekeeping tasks necessary to keep the area clean, sanitary, and attractive.

Position Description Title/PD#: Laundry Worker/PD18360A

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Experience: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to demonstrate your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

Screen-out element: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen-out element (usually question 1 in the online questionnaire). Applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

• Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)
• Materials
• Operation of Equipment/Machinery
• Reliability and Dependability
• Special Aptitude
• Technical Practices
• Work Practices

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35–40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Responsibilities

• Receives soiled patient clothing and employee uniforms from each campus
• Inventories all finished patient clothing and employee uniforms by name using laundry lists
• Keeps records of each patient's laundry items returned, including name, quantity, and type of garment
• Uses the Gains and Losses (G&L) sheet to track discharges, transfers, and patient movements between wards to ensure laundry is delivered to the correct location
• Distributes clothing of discharged patients and unmarked laundry to the appropriate storage room
• Prepares linen orders for various wards using Daily Linen quota lists
• Performs daily housekeeping in the assigned area
• Performs other duties as assigned

Schedule

Full-time, 6:00am – 2:30pm

Physical Requirements

This position requires frequent walking, standing, lifting, bending, pushing, pulling, and stooping. Routinely pushing and pulling linen carts weighing over 100 pounds and lifting bundles of linen weighing over 50 pounds. Incumbent is constantly subject to machine noise, hot and humid temperatures, and is exposed to the possibility of bruises and burns from carts and machines. May be exposed to disagreeable odors from patient clothing.